Tapio Valfrid Mäkelä (12 October 1926 – 12 May 2016) was a Finnish cross-country skier who competed in the 1950s. He won the 4 × 10 km relay gold and the 18 km silver at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Mäkelä also won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS). Olympic Games 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver) World Championships 1 medal – (1 gold) References External links 1926 births 2016 deaths People from Nastola Finnish male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of Finland Cross-country skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Finland Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1952 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Päijät-Häme 20th-century Finnish people